Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View of Bates Hill from Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Church Street, residences on both streets, a sign "Parking for Black Forrest Inn," mules and horses, and an old carriage. Church Street wraps around and fronts the schoolhouse...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- March 20, 1971
- Silver Plume jail
- The jail in Silver Plume, Colorado has an entrance and one window visible. A sign over the door reads: "Old Town Jail Used From 1875 To 1915, Original Building Please Do Not Deface." The building is constructed of rocks mortared together, is 12 x...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.
- June 23, 1966
- Private train at Mound House, Nevada
- Men pose by a Carson & Colorado passenger coach in Mound House (Lyon County), Nevada; the locomotive and coal tender are are in the distance.
- Carson and Colorado Railroad--1890-1910.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations.; Mound House (Nev.)--1890-1910.; Passengers--Nevada--Mound House--1890-1910.; Railroad private cars--Nevada--Mound House--1890-1910.;...
- July 16, 1903
- Ready to board "no. 9"
- Men in women in Victorian costumes pose beside a Pullman "sleeping car" no. 9. The women wear long dresses, and hats. The men wear suits and top hats. The costumes have ruffles, embroidery, and lace.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- c1923
- Battalion drill
- Soldiers pose on the parade ground at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory (later Gregory County, South Dakota). Members of a band and four 25th (Twenty-fifth) Infantry companies wear uniforms, hold musical instruments and stand in formation. African...
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th--People--1880-1890.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Parade grounds--South Dakota--Fort Randall--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--South Dakota--Fort Randall--1880-1890.; Military bands--South...
- c1882
- Sherman Courts Apts., Denver
- View of the Sherman Courts Apartments at 960 Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick apartment building has parapets, a tile roof, arched doorways onto balconies, and a center courtyard. Shows...
- Sherman Courts Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- between 1979 and 1980
- Colorado House of Representatives
- George B. Walker, Colorado State Representative from Ouray, reads at desk number 41 in the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man sits beside Walker. Both men have moustaches and ties; Walker wears a striped...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Legislators--Colorado--1900-1910.
- between 1909 and 1910
- Harris Store, Fort Sumner
- Men and a boy pose in a mercantile store at Fort Sumner (De Baca County), New Mexico. Shows dry goods, canned goods, and folded clothing displayed on tables. Men stand behind counters in the store.
- Fort Sumner (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--Fort Sumner--1900-1910.; Employees--New Mexico--Fort Sumner--1900-1910.; General stores--New Mexico--Fort Sumner--1900-1910.; Interiors--New Mexico--Fort Sumner--1900-1910.; Men--New Mexico--Fort...
- between 1907 and 1915?]
- La Jara, Colo. opera house
- View of a large, two-story, brick opera house in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. The building has corbelled cornices and a gabled roof, arched windows and an arched entrance, and buttresses on the sides of the building. Shows a wooden fence...
- La Jara (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--La Jara--1900-1910.
- between 1906 and 1910
- Goldfield
- View of mine buildings, gold processing buildings, tailings piles and probably a Golden Circle Railroad Company bridge in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight cars are on railroad...
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- between 1897 and 1902?
- Goldfield
- View of probably Golden Circle Railroad Company tracks, a railroad bridge and frame buildings in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado.
- Golden Circle Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- between 1897 and 1902?
- Goldfield
- View of frame mine buildings, houses and probably narrow gauge Golden Circle Railroad tracks in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the "K.G.T. Ore Hauling" building beside railroad bridges and freight cars.
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1900.
- between 1897 and 1898?
- Ruins in Montezuma Canon encircled by large stones set upright in the earth
- A view of Montezuma (Mancos) Canyon in Montezuma County, Colorado shows a line of stone posts in an upright position at the perimeter of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1870-1880.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Archaeological...
- between 1870 and 1878]
- M. E. Church, Blackhawk, Colo.
- View of roof damage suffered by the Methodist Episcopal church in Black Hawk, Colorado, August 10, 1887. Building has a large hole in the roof. Large amounts of debris are visible. The church was located on Swede Hill along Clear Creek, but when it...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- August, 1887
- Denver and Rio Grande depot in Aspen, Colorado
- View of the snow-covered Denver and Rio Grande train depot in Aspen, Colorado; features a one story, rectangular, wood structure with a hipped roof, a chimney, rectangular windows and a transom over the front door; sign over the door "Aspen;"...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Aspen--1970-1980.
- April 1973
- Autumn sky near Denver [art original].
- Autumn in art.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [n.d.]
- Sunset near Denver [art original].
- Sun--Rising and setting.; Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [n.d.]
- Summer afternoon [art original].
- Scene near Lyons, Colorado.
- Painting, American.; Summer in art.; Lyons (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.
- [n.d.]
- Autumn snow in the Arapahoe Peaks, Colorado, from near timberline [art original].
- Mountains in art.; Snow in art.; Painting, American.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Colorado--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [n.d.]
- The whirling logs [art original].
- Navajo Indians in art.; Sandpaintings, American.; Indians in art.; Sand paintings.
- [ca. 1940?]
- Air view of Montrose about 1910
- Aerial view of the central business district in Montrose, Colorado. Signs include: "The Montrose Hardware," "Busy Corner Pharmacy," "Montrose Fuel Company," and, "Camel."
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [betwen 1917 and 1925]
- Marshall Pass line
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on a wooden trestle on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Shows scree, a valley and mountain slopes.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.;...
- [between and 1881 and 1890?]
- Nallen's Irish Pub, 1617 California Street, Denver
- View of a five story commercial building (now condominiums), the Feldhauser-Baldwin Building at 1623 California Street in the Central Business District of downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows an awning above the first floor "Nallen's" pub at 1617...
- Feldhauser-Baldwin Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- [between 1992 and 1995]
- 33rd Street and Quivas Street, Denver
- View of a brick, two story commercial building at 1800 W. 33rd (Thirty-third) Avenue at the intersection of 33rd Avenue and Quivas Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A one story attached building has a sign in the window that...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1986 and 1989]
- 20th Street Viaduct, Denver
- View of the 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct (at Wazee) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Warehouses read: "Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-2000.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-2000.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.;...
- [between 1985 and 1993?]
- Bradshaw Building, Denver
- View of the three story brick Bradshaw Building, once the Kennedy Hotel, between 14th and 15th on Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The commercial building has a flat roof, and a bracketed cornice. Signs read:...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [between 1985 and 1990?]
- 1355 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a brick, three story house with a wide front porch at probably 1355 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign in the yard reads "TIORCO." The house converted into an office building has a low pitched...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1983 and 1988]
- 6th Ave. and Wadsworth Blvd.
- View of the Hart Professional Building at 7625 W. 5th Ave. in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The "L" shaped, two-story office building has a central, glass paneled dome. Automobiles and trucks are parked in the parking lot, and a real...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Domes--Colorado--Lakewood--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Lakewood--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- A.E. Meek Trunk and Bag Co., Denver
- View of the A.E. Meek Trunk & Bag Co., a luggage store at 1616 Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick commercial building has a flat roof, overhanging eaves.
- A. E. Meek Trunk & Bag Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- 1675-1685 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1675-1685 Pennsylvania Streets in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a flat roof, glass door entrances, no windows, and vertical probably metal or wood siding. A parking sign...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Columbia College Building, Denver
- View of the Columbia College Building, the former St. Mary's Academy, at 1370 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick, four-story school building has stone courses, arches, and pillars on either side of...
- Columbia College (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Saint Mary's Academy (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Universities &...
- [between 1978 and 1979]
- 32nd Avenue and Lowell Blvd., Denver
- View of a one story shopping center at 3455-3499 W. 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The storefronts have recessed doorways, wood frame facades, and a stair step cornice. A sign on one storefront...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Vocational education--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1983?]
- Arapahoe East recreation / ski area (off of I-70 west from Denver)
- View of Interstate Highway 70 and the Arapahoe East ski area in Summit County, Colorado; also shows automobiles, houses, and dirt road.
- Arapahoe East (Summit County, Colo. : Ski area)--1970-1980.; Summit County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Express highways--Colorado--Summit County--1970-1980.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Summit County--1970-1980.
- [between 1972 and 1984?]
- The Loveland 0-4-0, "dinky"
- View of a switcher locomotive at the Great Western Sugar Company plant in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. A freight car labeled "GW" number "433" with a wooden railing hauls sugar beets.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies--1970-1980.; Loveland (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Beets--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Railroads--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Sugar...
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
- Skiers descend a snow covered slope in the mountains of Colorado.
- Skiing--Colorado--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent; shows buidlings of Aspen, outline of the Aspen racetrack, an access road through the valley, and snow-covered peaks behind Aspen Mountain.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969]
- Uranium processing plant, Rifle, CO
- View of a uranium processing plant in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows processing or factory buildings, houses, and the Roan Cliffs.
- Uranium industry--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.; Rifle (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.
- [between 1957 and 1965?]
- Snowshed on Marshall Pass
- View of the collapsed, wooden Marshall Pass snowshed on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad at Marshall Pass (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows the roof and brick chimneys of the depot building nearby.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saguache County--1950-1960.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Saguache County--1950-1960.
- [between 1953 and 1956]
- Elisha's house
- View of the Smith-Elisha house, built in 1890 in Aspen, Colorado; features a Queen Anne design with a multi-gable facade, wraparound porch, two story bay window, and a gable roof dormer; other characteristics include fish-scale siding, an oculus, a...
- Architecture, Queen Anne--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- A.T. & S.F. employee
- A railroad maintenance employee steps off of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car. He wears overalls and a cap with, goggles attached, and carries a wooden tool box.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1970.; Railroad employees--1950-1970.; Railroad freight cars--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1967?]
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier Days Parade
- A miniature Union Pacific train passes by a crowd of men, women and children at a Frontier Days parade in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming. Neon business signs include: "Kaufman Hardware," "Woodrick and Allen Florsheim Shoes," "The Irene Shoppe,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1950-1960.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Miniature railroads--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- East of Cumbres Pass
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 494 and a tender near Cumbres Pass (Conejos County), Colorado. The locomotive vents smoke, snow dusts aspen forests and hills.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Conejos County--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1956]
- Faculty apartments
- View of Faculty Apartments buildings on the Colorado State College of Education at Greeley or the Colorado State College (later University of Northern Colorado) campus in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The English Tudor style buildings, housing...
- Colorado State College of Education--Buildings--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.
- [between 1948 and 1960?]
- East Golden Station for Denver Tramway
- A Denver and Intermountain Railway Company car is at the East Golden station near the Coors Brewing Company in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Coors Brewing Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company--1940-1950.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- [between 1948 and 1950?]
- Olympic Portland Cement Co., Bellingham, Wash.
- View of wrecked Great Northern Railway freight car number "76581" and a locomotive in Bellingham (Whatcom County), Washington. A man stands beside the collision wreckage near a fence.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1940-1950.; Bellingham (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Railroad accidents--Washington--Bellingham--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Washington--Bellingham--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- [between 1942?]
- Troop train entering Camp Hale
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western troop train entering Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a mountainous landscape with rock formations.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1942 and 1945?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of a feed silo beside railroad tracks at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Probably Union Pacific freight cars read: "Monfort Feed Lots, Greeley, Colorado." Timber and metal corrals and a feed trough are...
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Facilities--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Feedlots--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.c.; Corrals--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of a feed silo beside railroad tracks at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Probably Union Pacific freight cars read: "Monfort Feed Lots, Greeley, Colorado." Timber and metal corrals and a feed trough are...
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Facilities--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Feedlots--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Corrals--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of Union Pacific locomotive number "3228" on tracks beside a feed silo at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Wooden corrals are beside the tracks.
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Facilities--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Feedlots--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Corrals--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of a Union Pacific freight train on tracks beside a feed tower (silo) at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado.
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Buildings--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Silos--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]